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Uttar Pradesh · India · 25.28° N · 83.12° E

Solar position in Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Nagar

Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Nagar — computed for 25.28° N, 83.12° E, 85 m above sea level.

Sunrise today06:00103° ESE
Sunset today17:22257° WSW
Best panel angle23°year-round, facing south
Off-grid angle25°best for the darkest month

The sun right now

Azimuth180.0°
Elevation53.0°
At solar noon, 11:41Open on the sun map

Sun in Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Nagar today

Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC+5:30

EventTimeDirection / height
Astronomical dawn04:43sun 18° below horizon
Nautical dawn05:1012° below
Civil dawn05:376° below
Sunrise06:00103° ESE
Golden hour ends06:31sun 6° up
Solar noon11:4153.0° high
Golden hour starts16:51sun 6° up
Sunset17:22257° WSW
Civil dusk17:466° below
Nautical dusk18:1212° below
Astronomical dusk18:3918° below
Day length11 h 22 min

Sun path diagram for Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Nagar

Where the sun stands in the sky: the centre is straight overhead, the outer ring is the horizon. Numbers mark local clock hours.

15°30°45°60°75°N30°60°E120°150°S210°240°W300°330°June solstice6789101112131415161718EquinoxDecember solstice7891011121314151617Today
  • June solstice
  • Equinox
  • December solstice
  • Today

On the June solstice the sun reaches 88.2° at solar noon in Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Nagar; on the December solstice only 41.3°. Sunrise swings from 63° ENE in June to 116° ESE in December — a 52° arc along the horizon.

Sunrise, sunset and sun height by month

Values for the 21st of each month, local clock time including daylight saving time.

MonthSunriseSolar noonSunsetDay lengthNoon elevation
January06:4412:0817:3310 h 49 min44.8°
February06:2712:1117:5411 h 27 min54.2°
March06:0012:0418:0912 h 08 min65.0°
April05:2911:5618:2212 h 53 min76.6°
May05:1011:5418:3813 h 28 min84.9°
June05:0711:5918:5013 h 43 min88.2°
July05:1912:0318:4813 h 29 min85.2°
August05:3312:0018:2712 h 54 min76.8°
September05:4511:5017:5512 h 10 min65.4°
October05:5811:4217:2511 h 26 min54.0°
November06:1811:4317:0710 h 49 min44.8°
December06:3811:5517:1210 h 34 min41.3°

A year of daylight in Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Nagar

Each column is one day of 2026. Bright: sun above the horizon; soft: civil twilight; line: solar noon. Steps are daylight saving time changes.

00:0003:0006:0009:0012:0015:0018:0021:0000:00JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Best solar panel angle in Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Nagar

Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.

23°collects the most energy over a year: 1497 kWh per kWp.

25°gives the most in the darkest month — the one an off-grid system is sized for.

30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%0°10°20°30°40°50°60°70°80°90°Best year-round 23°Best worst-month 25°70°Yearly energyWorst-month energy
  • Yearly energy
  • Worst-month energy
TiltkWh/kWp per yearShare of best yearDecember kWh/kWp/dayBest ÷ worst month
0°139593%2.522.0×
15°148399%3.061.7×
23° year-round best1497100%3.281.6×
25° off-grid best = latitude1496100%3.331.5×
30°148999%3.431.6×
45°141294%3.591.8×
60°125784%3.542.0×
70°111775%3.402.2×
90°78452%2.842.8×

A fixed array in Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Nagar produces the most over a year at 23°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 25° it makes 3.33 kWh per kWp a day, 1% more than at 23°, and costs 0% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.

Off-grid solar in Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Nagar at 70°

Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 23° (year-round best).

0123456January: 3.39 (70°)3.4JanFebruary: 4.07 (70°)4.1FebMarch: 3.97 (70°)4.0MarApril: 3.15 (70°)3.2AprMay: 2.43 (70°)2.4MayJune: 1.99 (70°)2.0JunJuly: 1.86 (70°)1.9JulAugust: 2.21 (70°)2.2AugSeptember: 2.78 (70°)2.8SepOctober: 3.69 (70°)3.7OctNovember: 3.88 (70°)3.9NovDecember: 3.40 (70°)3.4Dec23°
MonthSun hours, flatSun hours at 70°kWh/kWp/day at 70°at 23°Mean temp.
January3.293.993.393.3816.0 °C
February4.584.874.074.4520.3 °C
March5.834.873.975.1026.3 °C
April6.623.983.155.1532.4 °C
May6.663.132.434.7835.8 °C
June5.662.571.994.0035.2 °C
July4.602.361.863.3730.4 °C
August4.752.782.213.6429.0 °C
September4.723.452.783.8827.9 °C
October4.704.513.694.3025.4 °C
November3.904.653.883.9321.0 °C
December3.134.013.403.2816.9 °C
Year4.87 avg3.76 avg1117 kWh1497 kWh

Sizing example. To run a 1 kWh-per-day load through July on LiFePO4 batteries (charge controller, battery and inverter losses included) you need about 640 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 360 Wp at 23°. Here the lower tilt is the better winter choice — the sun stays high enough. Size your own system.

Row spacing in Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Nagar

Distance between rows of 2 m long panels (slope length) so that no row shades the next between 10:00 and 14:00 solar time on the winter solstice.

3.1 mrow pitch at 70°

2.8 mrow pitch at 23°

Row spacing calculator

How Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Nagar compares in India

Against the other 3,734 places in India with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.

3008thof 3,735 places in India for sunshine, shared: 4.87 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.

−5%solar energy a year compared with the average place in India: 1,497 against 1,575 kWh per kWp.

+26 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Mumbai: 13 h 43 min against 13 h 17 min.

23°best year-round tilt here; across India it runs from 8° in Tirunelveli to 33° in Leh.

Of the 3,735 places in India, Balotra gets the most sun (5.73 peak sun hours a day) and Jining the least (3.68); Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Nagar ranks joint 3008th. In its darkest month, July, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 1.86 kWh a day here, against 1.70 kWh on average in India. The shortest day lasts 10 h 34 min, −25 min compared with Mumbai.

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Solar forecast for Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Nagar, next 48 hours

Expected output of 1 kWp at 70°, computed from the ICON-EU weather model of the Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD), Europe.

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Questions about the sun in Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Nagar

What is the best solar panel angle in Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Nagar?
For a fixed array facing south, the best year-round tilt in Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Nagar is 23°, worth about 1497 kWh per kWp a year. An off-grid system that has to get through December does better at about 25°.
What time is sunrise and sunset in Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Nagar today?
On 24 October 2026 the sun rises at 06:00 and sets at 17:22 local time (UTC+5:30), giving 11 h 22 min of daylight. Solar noon is at 11:41.
How many peak sun hours does Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Nagar get?
On a flat surface 4.9 hours a day averaged over the year, from 3.1 in December to 6.7 in May. Panels tilted at 70° receive 2.4 sun hours a day in July.
How high does the sun get in Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Nagar?
At solar noon the sun stands 88.2° above the horizon on the June solstice and 41.3° on the December solstice.
Is Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Nagar a good place for solar panels?
With 4.9 peak sun hours a day on flat ground, Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Nagar ranks joint 3008th of 3,735 places in India for sunshine. A 1 kWp array at the best angle (23°) makes about 1,497 kWh a year here, 5% less than the average place in India.

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Sun positions: NREL Solar Position Algorithm. Climate: NASA POWER monthly climatology (NASA Langley Research Center). Forecast: Deutscher Wetterdienst, ICON-EU (CC BY 4.0), processed. Places: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Time zones: IANA. Sources and licences.